Reservoir-penholder.



G. F. SEITZ. RESERVOIR PENHOLDER. APPLICATION FILED mms, 1912.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914,

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GEORG-E F. SETZ, OI PHLADLPHA, PENNSYLVNA.

RESERVOICRfPENI-IOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. t?, 1914.

Application filed February 26, 1912. Serial No. 680,013.

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specification.

My invention relates to that class of pen4 holders commonly known as fountain pens and is more particularly and primarily designed for desk use, and has for its object a device of this character which is filled by eX- hausting a part of the air from the reservoir and dipping the pen in ink.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device of this character in which any style or size of pen point may be used.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combined reservoir and feeder in one piece so designed as to insure the proper flow of ink, and a still further object is to provide a resilient pen point holder which will grip the en point and the combined reservoir and feeder.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in its manufacture, efficient in operation, and durable in service.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure l is a side view of my improved pen holder partly in section, Fig. 2 is a. side view of the staff or handle, Fig. 3 is a detail view of the suction'- tube and connections, Fig. 4 is a view of the combined reservoir and feeder, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the outer casing, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the pen point holder.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, Fig. 2 shows a pen staff provided with a reduced extension. Upon this reduced portion is mounted an elastic tube, preferably of rubber, and held in place by an annular metallic band a. The other end of this tube is surrounded by an annular band Z) held in place by the contraction shown in Fig. 3.

The casing shown in Fig. 5 of metal or other suitable material fits over the bands a and Z) and is provided intermediate its ends with a cutout portion Z and is also provided adjacent its lower end with a recess e. D isposed within the lower end of this casing is a pen point holder g which is held in position in the casing by means of the lug f stamped therefrom and engaging said recess e. This pen holder is formed of resilient spring metal, and comprises a substantially cylindrical portion and a frusto-conical portion, and has a pair of nibs 7L extending beyond the end of the body portion of the holder for engagement with the rear surface of a pen point of any style or size whereby the pen point is clamped between the holder and the casing.

The combined reservoir and feeder shown in Fig. 4 is adapted for insertion within the open end of the tube shown in Fig. 3 and the central portion of the pen holder g. This reservoir and feeder may be adjusted longitudinally within said tube as the elasticity of the tube will hold the reservoir and feeder securely. This reservoir and feeder is formed preferably, though not necessarily, of glass and has its inner end rounded so as not to cut the rubber, and also has its inner end contracted to prevent ink from running freely into the tube when the pen is inverted. This reservoir and feeder is also provided with a contracted outer end as shown in Fig. 4 and is provided with an opening c which terminates in a transverse slot as shown. By moving the reservoir and feeder in or out of the tube it can be made to accommodate itself to pens of different lengths.

When it is desired to fill the pen the operator presses on the tube, shown in Fig. 3, through the opening d to expel a portion of the air. The pen is then dipped into an ink supply and when the pressure on the tube is relaxed, the suction will cause ink to be drawn into the combined reservoir and feeder sufficiently to write approximately nine hundred words, but of course the number of words will vary or depend upon the size of the pen point used. Enough air will find its way into the reservoir and feeder to allow the slow escape of the ink onto the nibs of the pen, and l have found by eX perimenting that the transverse slot at c surrounding the other end of said tube, a

casing surrounding said tube and said bands, an opening in said casing, a cylindrical member having a pair of projecting nibs and adapted to clamp a pen against the inner side of said easing, and a reservoir and feed tube within said rubber tu'be extending through and beyond said clamping member.

2. A fountain pen holder comprising a handle, an elastic tube connected With the end of said handle, a band surrounding said end of the handle and said tube, a band surx rounding the other end of said tube, a casing surrounding said tube and said bands, an opening in the side of said casing, a clamping member Within `the end of said casing adapted -to clamp a pen against said casing; said clamping member comprising a cylindrical body having a pair of projecting nibs to press against the rear portion'of the pen and a lug to engage with a recess in said casing, and a reservoir and feed tube'within said elastic tube extending through and beyond said clamping member.

GEORGE STANZ, W. H. BErrrENMmLER.

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